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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PennyGuy, post: 1837233, member: 17502&quot;]Not sure where Timewarp got his information but on page 500 of my copy of &quot;U.S. Civil War Store Cards&quot; by George and Melvin Fuld, Second Edition, Copyright 1975 lists your token:</p><p><br /></p><p>Pittsburgh</p><p>PA 765R-3a, Reverse 1409, Copper, Plain Edge, Rarity 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>The PA is for Pennsylvania</p><p>The 765 is the City number for Pittsburgh</p><p>R is the Merchant letter</p><p>3a is the variety of that Merchant&#039;s tokens.&nbsp; This merchant issued six tokens in total, three of which used different &quot;Thistle&quot; designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse 1409 is one of four very similar reverse dies.&nbsp; Your picture allowed me to determine that die 1409 is the correct ID.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rarity 2.&nbsp; The rarity scale used for Civil War Tokens was first developed by the Fulds.&nbsp;&nbsp; Page IV of the Introduction of the above book shows R-2 as &quot;Between 2,000 and 5,000 Estimated Number In Existence&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Fuld reference does not list values, in fact any Civil War Token book that does should be questioned.&nbsp; I recommend you become familiar with searching completed auction on-line to find comparable tokens and their sale price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I wouldn&#039;t pay over $20-$25 Retail for a average circulated R-2 token.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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